Switching Off the Blackberry Bold

OK, I know this sounds stupid, but what is the correct procedure to switch off and reboot the Blackberry Bold? I hav tried holding in the Power Key, I get the message Shutting down, press a key to abort, I leave it alone, and the backlight goes out, left it alone for up to 10 minutes, and then pressed the Power Key again and the phone comes alive instantly, with the phone in the same position as when I wanted it switched off, i.e. it looks like it was just in sleep mode, as it powers up within a second. I have resorted to removing the battery but this is getting laborious. And I acnnot locate the info in the manual, it just states press the Power Key! I have also tried holding it down till it seems to power off, but alas it is still going into sleep mode, please tell me what I am doing wrong?

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Re: Switching Off the Blackberry Bold

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Re: Switching Off the Blackberry Bold

How do you not get the original question above? HOW DO YOU SWITCH OFF ie OFF meaning OFF the Blackberry Bold 9700 without having to remove the battery? Off means: no longer recieving phone calls, alarms, alerts, or ANYTHING, ie swithcing it OFFFF!!! Like in the old days when you switch off a radio, you get NOTHING out of it UNTIL you switch it ON!!

My God! I never thought I would ever encounter a gray definition of on or off. But hey, here we go...!!!